django_popcorn

Add-another pop-ups a la django-admin.

The popup views are implemented using a mixin to the generic CreateView. Also, the popups now support permissions. As a result, a user will only get the add-another link next to a ForeignKey or a ManyToMany field if he has the add permission for the target model.

Installation

Get it from the cheeseshop: :

pip install django_popcorn

Usage

1. Include the following in your INSTALLED_APPS settings: :

   'popcorn',
   

2. Add this to your settings.py (If you do not already have it): :

   TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
       "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
       "django.core.context_processors.debug",
       "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
       "django.core.context_processors.media",
       "django.core.context_processors.static",
       "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
       "django.core.context_processors.request",
       "popcorn.context_processors.admin_media_prefix",
   )
   
   POPCORN_MODELS = ('auth.Group', 'auth.Permission')
   

3. Add the following to your base.html template: :

   <script src="{{ ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX }}js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js"></script>
   

4. We will create a view for auth.User and use the utility get_popcorn_urls function to generate popcorn views and urls: :

   urlpatterns = patterns('',
       url(r'^$', CreateView.as_view(model=User, success_url='.'), name='auth_user_create'),
       url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
   )
   
   urlpatterns += get_popcorn_urls()
   

5. Render your forms like so: :

   <form method="POST" action="{{ request.get_full_path }}">
       {% csrf_token %}
       {% include 'popcorn/form.html' %}
       <button type="submit">Submit</button>
       <a href="../">Cancel</a>
   </form>
   

Thats it! sync your DB, run the dev server and fire up your browser at localhost. You should see a form wthout the add-another links. This is because popcorn add-another links are only enabled for users who have add permission for the target model. Now log-in - possibly via admin after enabling it and hit localhost again. You should see a little + next to ForeignKey and ManyToMany fields. Click it and the add-another popup would appear. If you are having any problems, please check out the test project for a working implementation